Survey Reveals Top Bad Boss Behaviors

Forty-four percent of employees surveyed said a boss has been the primary reason they have left a job, according to BambooHR’s Bad Boss Index.

Characteristics of their boss that made them leave include management style (37%), condescending attitude (30%), mean and/or had a bad temper (30%), inappropriate behavior (26%) and harassed employees (24%). Seventeen percent of respondents who said a boss had been the primary reason they left a job said it was because their boss took credit for their work.

Taking credit for an employee’s work was the top cited bad boss behavior. The rest of the Top 10 bad boss behaviors are:

Doesn’t appear to trust or empower employees;

Doesn’t appear to care if employees are overworked;

Doesn’t appear to advocate for employees when it comes to monetary compensation;

Hires and/or promotes the wrong people;

Doesn’t back up employees when there is a dispute between an employee and a client;

MARKET MIRROR

Friday, the Dow rose 123.95 points (0.49%) to close at 25,413.22, the NASDAQ shed 11.16 points (0.15%) to finish at 7,247.87, and the S&P 500 ticked up by 6.07 points (0.22%) to close at 2,736.27. The Russell 2000 inched upward by 3.41 points (0.22%) to 1,527.53, and the Wilshire 5000 rose by 47.32 points (0.17%) to 28,206.18.

The price of the 10-year Treasury bond was up 12/32, decreasing its yield to 3.070%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond was up 22/32, decreasing its yield to 3.325%.

WEEK’S WORTH: For the week ending November 16, 2018, the Dow lost 2.22%, the S&P 500 was down 1.61% and the NASDAQ declined by 2.15%. The Russell 2000 lost 1.42% of its value, and the Wilshire 5000 was down 1.61%.